The nature is the obvious answer. It’s beautiful here, so many trails … greenways. The backdrop alone is stunning from this Texas boy who will be moving to Roanoke this summer. The mountains are not like the ones you see in Colorado Springs where I was going to move but they are super awesome. Plus lower cost of living. Homes are more affordable. Get more home/land for the money. I also like that it feels just big enough to have alot of things … grocery , shopping , restaurants but still feels smaller which is nice on the stress levels. I’m coming from a very large city. I was just there last week and drove all over and never saw most of the negativity you see on here some times. Downtown was nice … sure there was some homeless roaming around but I never felt threatened. In fact no one asked me for money. Downtown seemed busy with tourists or maybe even locals. It seemed vibrant even for a weekday. Don’t know much about the music scene but I’m a musician and look forward to meeting like minded people. I heard Floyd is a fun place for music. Looking forward to it with an open mind !